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The Scottish Government, along with the rest of the UK, is advised on all aspects of screening including the potential for any new screening programmes by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), an independent expert advisory group.
At this stage the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has not approved self-sampling for use in a national screening programme, and this work will require further study in pilots and research projects before it can be introduced safely into the cervical cancer screening p...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 August 2019
The cervical screening information needs of women are being reviewed for the implementation of HPV primary screening next year and Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust is represented on the communications group.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 February 2018
Subsections (2A) and (2B) allow a new proprietor, tenant or occupier of lands and heritages to appeal against the entry in the valuation roll for the lands and heritages within 6 months of becoming the proprietor, tenant or occupier of them.
Subsections (2A) and (2B) allow a new proprietor, tenant or occupier of lands and heritages to appeal against the entry in the valuation roll for the lands and heritages within 6 months of becoming the proprietor, tenant or occupier of them.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 February 2026
Members then asked how facilitation of visits would work in practice, given that Regulation 3 does not explicitly define terms such as "external visits".
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 November 2016
On screening issues we are advised by the UK National Screening Committee (NSC), an independent expert advisory group which advises Ministers and the NHS in the four UK countries about all aspects of screening.